ROUNDUP: Owen J. Roberts earns 300th girls soccer win

BUCKTOWN — It was a memorable game for the Owen J. Roberts girls soccer team.

On two very big counts.

Hosting Perkiomen Valley Thursday evening, the Wildcats wrapped up their Pioneer Athletic Conference regular season with a 3-1 victory. The win enabled OJR (11-1-1) to finish all even with Boyertown — a 3-0 victor over Methacton in other league play that night — but get first place in the Liberty Division on the strength of head-to-head competition during the season.

The win also represented the 300th for the OJR program in its existence.

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Gabby McKee, Steph Tamburro and Katie Dempsey did the scoring for Owen J., which will open play in the PAC-10’s Final Four playoffs Monday on its home turf. Emily Morgan and Emily Kupsov were credited with assists on the goals by Tamburro and Dempsey, respectively.

Kelly O’Brien’s 12-save goaltending was the highlight for PV (3-8-2).

Boyertown 3, Methacton 0: The Bears ended up second in the PAC-10’s Liberty Division, though their shutout of the Warriors left them with a league record even with that of Owen J. Roberts.

Emily Diehl, Robyn Piveateau and Megan Diehl did the scoring for Boyertown (11-1-1), which was bumped by OJR for the division’s top spot by virtue of head-to-head competition. Maria Garafolo and Marie Valenti were credited with assists as part of a Boyertown offense that did all its scoring in a three-minute span, in addition to holding a 9-3 edge in shots on goal.

Pope John Paul II 6, Pottstown 0: The Golden Panthers got scoring from six different players as they rolled over the Trojans in PAC-10 play.

Boyertown 3, Methacton 0: Cory Fox netted a pair of goals to help the Bears close out their PAC-10 regular season on a winning note against the Warriors.

Aaron Kulig rounded out the scoring for Boyertown (12-1, 15-2), also receiving credit for an assist on a Kulig goal. Kyle Miller was credited with another assist, and Tim Lawlor complemented the point production with seven-save shutout goaltending.

Pottstown 3, Pope John Paul II 1: Second-half goals by Kyle Lafferty and Miguel Ross proved the difference for the Trojans in their PAC-10 victory over the Golden Panthers.

The clubs traded goals in the first half, PJP (3-10) seeing Nick Mares tally at the 6:13 mark before Richy Masciarelli got Pottstown (3-9) on the board at the 20-minute mark. Tyler Keefer and Sebastian Shiffler were credited with assists on the goals by Lafferty and Ross, respectively.

Perkiomen Valley 3, Owen J. Roberts 0: The Vikings broke open this PAC-10 matchup by scoring all their goals in the second half.

Drew Vernon tallied in the first and 20th minutes for PV (7-5-1), with Matt Genuardi adding another 14 minutes in. Mike Flinn was credited with assists on PV’s first two tallies, and OJR (5-5-1) got nine-save goaltending from Kyle Baker.

Phoenixville 7, Pottsgrove 2: The Phantoms rode the two-goal outings of Ellie Delaney and Megan Loughery to victory over the Falcons in both teams’ PAC-10 regular-season finale.

Rounding out the point production for Phoenixville (10-3) — the Frontier Division second seed to the upcoming Final Four playoffs — were Bailey Quinn, Kelly Matson and Emily Chang. E.J. Werner came up with four-save goaltending, Pottsgrove (1-12) getting its goals from Cierra Walton and Alyssa O’Neill.

Methacton 5, Boyertown 1: In a PAC-10 game where all the scoring took place in the first half, the Warriors saw three players figure in on pairs of goals to close out the Bears.

Allie Torrisi scored twice to lead Methacton (6-6-1), which had Brit Dickinson and Alexa Hoover each add goals and assists. Asia Crawford rounded out the scoring, Maddie Alderfer had another assist and Sammi Steele offered 13-save goaltending.

Wilson 6, Daniel Boone 0: Samantha Rumler’s 14-save goaltending was the highlight for the Blazers as they were rolled by the Bulldogs in Berks Conference play.

Emmaus 3, Upper Perkiomen 0: Katey Lederer’s five-save goaltending was the high point for the Indians in a non-league loss to the Hornets.

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL

Pope John Paul II 3, Perkiomen Valley 0: The Golden Panthers swept their match with the Vikings by set scores of 25-10, 25-12 and 25-20.

Bishop Shanahan 3, Spring-Ford 0: The Rams found themselves swept by top-ranked Bishop Shanahan, falling by set scores of 25-22, 25-18 and 25-13.

The first set saw Kirsten Overton and Josie Swenson score three straight blocks to help Spring-Ford rally from an initial 7-0 deficit.

BOYS GOLF

Perkiomen School 231, Church Farm 262: Juanki Sierra shot a nine-hole score of 29 to key the Panthers’ victory over Church Farm School at Coatesville Country Club.

WOMEN’S FIELD HOCKEY

Ursinus 2, Bryn Mawr 1: The Bears rallied from an early deficit to overtake Bryn Mawr and claim victory in their Centennial Conference game.

Catherine Bitterly and Danielle Stong scored in a three-minute span to lift Ursinus (4-3, 6-5) over the home team, which got its lone tally at the 14:15 mark of the first half. Jenna Stover was credited with the assist on Stong’s goal, and goalkeeper Danielle DeSpirito needed to make just two saves on three shots to secure the win.

COLLEGE GOLF

Ursinus Invitational: In a tournament they hosted at Ravens Golf Club, Russell Hill shot a 79 to lead the Ursinus men while Hilary Gibbs carded a 102 for the Ursinus women.

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